interface of choice?

Motu is above the Presonus as far as good drivers go. They are on my top two picks. Motu and RME. 
USB 3 doesn't really make a difference with audio streaming. 
It does matter if you own a Laptop that doesn't have one or the other.  
 
( this belongs in Hardware sub forum by the way) 

I have a Presonus and have 2 issues:
 
1. Drivers. Old ones had some problem, I forget the details,
and with the new ones ASIO and Sonar didn't live together happily so I was forced down to WDM.
(but the Presonus ASIO drivers were fine with other DAWs and audio software...)
There were 2 or maybe 3 updates and that was it.
 
2. The Input/VSL(Computer) Mix knob. The "panning law" (if you can call it that) is designed so that it is louder in the middle, meaning constant compensation adjustments are needed on the main volume knob.
 
I don't use it.

My apologies for possibly putting this in the wrong forum. The reason I put it here was the fact that Presonus comes with its own DAW, Studio One. So I was also curious how other Platinum users dealt with the Presonus and Platinum.

Oh, and I am using a laptop by the way. Sony Vaio i7 quad core/8 thread, 7200 rpm, 8gb ram,
AND USB 3.0 as well as firewire. That's why I was thinking on the Presonus since it carries the USB 3.0

Thank you for your opinions, anyway.

I would avoid Presonus

I'd recommend anything RME.  I have a UFX and the drivers have always been solid.

I haven't had any problems with Presonus. I'm using their Fire studio Tube. The darned thing won't break so I can get something else. :) I probably won't replace it until it dies.

bokchoyboy
 
I too will soon be in the market for a new interface, and I have been looking at RME and MOTU...  I will probably go with the RME as I read some reviews regarding the MOTU drivers and Win 10. 

The latest MOTU generation interfaces (AVB) and win10 have a relative short history as it looks like MOTU focussed first on Mac drivers and only afterwards ironed-out the windows drivers.  Being one of the people who had issues with MOTU in the last fall, I need to comment here that a lot has happened in the past few months and MOTU now provides excellent drivers (they were always rock solid, but had some device connection issues and crackling problems under certain conditions, which are now solved).  Support from MOTU was excellent BTW.
 
RME has a track record of superb performance, so IMHO it is down to personal preference which one to chose, but I would look no further in terms of brands (anyone remember the support from e.g. Roland? Of course not, it does not exist!). I'd go with either RME or MOTU, as both companies also provide a cost-effective interfaces (RME Babyface, MOTU Ultralite). I needed a lot of IO and while you can also chain several RMEs, MOTU AVB here seems to be the winner when it comes to scalability and networked solutions.

highlandermak
We're you referring to the MOTU 624? I was interested in that since my 192 is not suiting my needs.

Yes. Anything with from the AVB series as they all use the same driver. I'm actually using 2x 1248 which is the big brother of the 624 and an UltraLite when I travel. Very nice units, superb low noise floor, totally quiet ... just connect them with a standard LAN cable and units talk to each other across rooms ... routing options are intiimmidating at first, though, so plan on learning how to work all these options before sending the unit(s) back ;-)

+1 for RME.
Babyface Pro owner and happy as a shig in pit.......